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Apr 13, 2011
Walsh likely on way out with Knicks
James Dolan's reluctance to pick up Donnie Walsh's $5 million option for next season the moment the Knicks qualified for the playoffs says it all about where this shadowy situation is headed.
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Apr 6, 2011
Despite adding Williams, Nets have big issues
NEW YORK — Some impure thoughts before they become outdated or suppressed:
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Mar 30, 2011
Billups a real liability for Knicks
NEW YORK — Chiming in at a minus-17 against the Bucks, Chauncey Billups was a "moot point guard," coins column chondriac Richie Kalikow.
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Mar 23, 2011
Wilt's feats dwarf Love's 'record'
NEW YORK — What were the odds of Kevin Love's double-double streak ending at 54 with a resounding thud against an escort service like the pedal-to-the-metal Warriors?
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Mar 16, 2011
Return to Pacers could be in cards for Walsh
NEW YORK — Larry Bird, who has sold his Indianapolis home and is moving back to Florida where his son plans to finish college, GM David Morway and coach Frank Vogel are on the precipice of becoming ex-Pacers, it says here.
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Mar 9, 2011
Riley getting restless as Heat come unwound
NEW YORK — There are plenty of losses throughout a season and then there are coach-killing losses.
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Mar 2, 2011
Nets roll dice with acquisition of Williams
NEW YORK — For five months, beginning with a clandestine, late September night meeting between general managers Billy King and Masai Ujiri in a back room at New York City's Ritz Carlton, the Nets pursued Carmelo Anthony, only to get outbid last week by the Knicks, who surrendered the last piece...
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Feb 23, 2011
West's son provides insight into legend's life
One of the things I loved most about my father was him being unafraid to show me his faults once we became coworkers.
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Feb 16, 2011
Sloan went out on his own terms after 22 years
NEW YORK — Apparently, there was a pact all along . . . Jerry Sloan came in around the same time with Hosni Mubarak, and damned if he isn't going out with him.
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Feb 9, 2011
Knicks hiring of Warkentien a real mystery
NEW YORK — Hopefully nobody halfway coherent honestly believes Donnie Walsh's hiring of former Nuggets' VP Mark Warkentien as a glorified pro scout for the remainder of this season helps the Knicks in any way, shape or form to get Carmelo Anthony.
Japan Times
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Feb 2, 2011
The real story behind Kareem's trade to the Lakers
Begging Bob Seger's forgiveness for slanting unbeatable lyrics, but I wish I knew then what I'm only finding about now.
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Jan 26, 2011
Nets may not be done pursuing Anthony yet
NEW YORK — A friend of mine worked with wealthy Russians for over 15 years.
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Jan 19, 2011
Nets still hoping to land Anthony in trade
NEW YORK — The Nets' game plan to suit up Carmelo Anthony against the Jazz on Wednesday night — dubbed "An Evening of Russian Culture Night" — cannot succeed unless Mikhail Prokhorov, who will be in attendance, met with the Nuggets' fast-fading franchise player days beforehand to alleviate...
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Jan 12, 2011
Kobe Bryant speaks out about his condition, Lakers
NEW YORK — Kobe Bryant "does phone interviews about as often as Osama bin Laden strolls through Central Park," John Black, Lakers VP of public relations, responded by e-mail to my request for an interview. "But I will ask him if he wants to call you."
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Jan 5, 2011
TV analysts lacking depth, guts
NEW YORK — TNT's studio savants were in peak blather last week after the Spurs outlasted the Dirk Nowitzki-less Mavericks. During probably the show's most coherent 5-minute segment, not one of the four could name the Thunder's best big man, because evidently they don't believe the team has a best...
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Dec 29, 2010
Time for Jordan to man up on Bobcats' plight
NEW YORK — A failure to approach, much less reach expectations, however impractical they may be, is bound to get authority figures fired sooner than later, which is precisely why Larry Brown again is on relocation and Kurt Rambis has a job for life.
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Dec 15, 2010
Very real possibility that Hornets could fold
NEW YORK — Based on the acquisition of the Montreal Expos by Major League Baseball, there are reasons to suppose the Hornets' state of affairs could have a happy ending . . . though not necessarily in New Orleans.
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Dec 1, 2010
Conversations with Karl, Anthony prove enlightening
NEW YORK — Every now and then you have to hit the bricks to hit home . . . to hear stories unlikely shared except in person and witness uncensored scenes.
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Nov 24, 2010
Nash, Parker divorces remain under the radar
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Divorce stories these actuality-disfigured days normally generate a heated rush of page-turning; they're as monotonous as the bores getting unshackled.
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Nov 17, 2010
Love learned game the old-fashioned way
DENVER — When Kevin Love was eight he was shooting around with his father one day outside their home in Lake Oswego, Ore., but his heart wasn't into it. He kept begging his dad to let him play some football.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.

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